Question

What does it mean that a material transmits waves?(1 point)
Responses

Waves will bounce off the surface of the material.
Waves will bounce off the surface of the material.

Waves will stop and transfer energy when they hit the material.
Waves will stop and transfer energy when they hit the material.

Waves will bend and change their direction slightly when they hit the material.
Waves will bend and change their direction slightly when they hit the material.

Waves will pass through the material.

Answer 1

Science fiction movies sometimes take place in space and contain scenes where things explode very loudly and brightly. Why is this unrealistic?(1 point)
Responses

Large explosions are more likely to create seismic waves, not sound and light.
Large explosions are more likely to create seismic waves, not sound and light.

Matter is needed to transmit sound waves.
Matter is needed to transmit sound waves.

Light waves cannot travel through the vacuum of space.
Light waves cannot travel through the vacuum of space.

The pressure in space would keep explosions from being very large.

Answer 2

Waves will pass through the material.